Scientists have identified a flying reptile species that lived around 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.

The large flying reptiles known as pterosaur preyed on primitive fish that would have hard scale armour covering them.

At a remote bone bed in Arizona, dense with fossils dating back around 209 million years, a Smithsonian-led team of ...

Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

A Smithsonian-led research team has discovered the oldest known pterosaur in North America, a sea gull-sized winged reptile ...

This ancient reptile’s jawbone was unearthed in Arizona in 2011 and was confirmed to be a new species with the aid of modern ...

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.